Consent Counts Program Landing PagesThe National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is a national organization committed to creating a political, legal, and social environment in the United States that advances equal rights of consenting adults who practice forms of alternative sexual expression. NCSF is primarily focused on the rights of consenting adults in the SM-leather-fetish, swing, and polyamory communities, who often face discrimination because of their sexual expression.https://ncsfreedom.org
Tue, 03 Mar 2015 22:48:09 +0000en-gbConsent Counts Program Descriptionhttps://ncsfreedom.org/key-programs/consent-counts/consent-counts.html
https://ncsfreedom.org/key-programs/consent-counts/consent-counts.htmlThe Consent Counts project involves the BDSM communities in a nationwide education and activism program coordinated and led by the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom. This multifaceted campaign includes a comprehensive is analysis of current laws and court decisions, the development of legal arguments for changing the laws, participating in court cases, and ultimately, through lobbying, education and grass-roots activism, changing state laws and the way the public and the courts view BDSM. An important element of the project also includes an Educational Outreach Program (EOP) to educate our own communities of the current state of the law, of the effort NCSF is undertaking and to involve them in our strategic planning process and development of “best practices” by which we can protect ourselves and facilitate change. Resources for you; ( * Denotes Recently Added) Consent Counts Statement Consent Counts Statement * Consent Counts Statement Summary Power Exchange Statement * Power Exchange Statement Consent Counts Mission Mission Statement Next Chapter for Consent Counts - Press Release Consent Counts Legal Issues * CLE Overview and Outline Legal Cases and Law Review Articles Dealing with Consent State by State Assault Laws "Consent Counts or Does It?" by Judy Guerin Community Assistance Guides * Consent…

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]]>Consent Counts Program Landing PagesFri, 18 Mar 2011 17:28:21 +0000Consent Counts Mission Statementhttps://ncsfreedom.org/key-programs/consent-counts/program-mission-statement.html
https://ncsfreedom.org/key-programs/consent-counts/program-mission-statement.htmlOUR MISSION: Mission: To decriminalize consensual BDSM (Bondage, Discipline, Dominance/submission, sadomasochism) in U.S. law by ensuring that consent will be recognized as a defense to criminal charges brought under assault laws and other statutes. Unlike most other sexual issues (rape, for example), BDSM activities—a “scene”, a dungeon party, a Dominant/submissive or Master/slave relationship—can result in a criminal prosecution and conviction even where the activity is entirely consensual. It’s important to remember that most BDSM activities are treated as violence and not sex. This is not speculation; in 2010, NCSF’s incident response help line received 204 requests for help concerning criminal prosecutions. NCSF’s research of cases throughout the United States revealed that not a single appellate court decision has allowed consent as a defense to a BDSM-based criminal prosecution for assault, sexual abuse, etc. Even where a state law allows the consent defense in cases that do not involve “serious bodily injury,” appellate courts have ruled that the use of nipple clamps or hot wax produces “serious bodily injury”. The realization that our communities are at risk of criminal prosecution led to the launch of the “Consent Counts” initiative in 2006 at a Leather Leadership Roundtable at NGLTF’s Creating Change. At…

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]]>Consent Counts Program Landing PagesSun, 06 Mar 2011 18:23:34 +0000History of Consent Counts https://ncsfreedom.org/get-involved/volunteer/item/545-history-of-consent-counts.html
https://ncsfreedom.org/get-involved/volunteer/item/545-history-of-consent-counts.htmlIn 2007, NCSF organized a leather leadership round table at the Creating Change conference to discuss the goals of the BDSM-leather-fetish communities. The number one priority was determined to be the decriminalization of BDSM. A subsequent town hall meeting at LLC was held to further discuss this goal and to establish an outline for a working plan for this 10-15 year project. This is a community-wide project with participation by national groups as well as activists to help determine the plan to accomplish this goal. Earlier this year, it was determined that it would be in the best interest of this project for NCSF to take a leadership role. Since NCSF had already established the DSM project as a major area of focus, it made sense to also add the CONSENT COUNTS project as a major focus. Judy Guerin, former Executive Director of NCSF and long-time sexual freedom activist, recently re-joined NCSF as the CONSENT COUNTS project director.